Ba a samun kalmar "carcajou" a cikin ƙamus na Turanci. Duk da haka, kalmar Faransanci ce da aka fi amfani da ita don nufin wolverine, wanda shine nau'in dabbobi masu shayarwa da ke samuwa a Arewacin Hemisphere. A cikin Ingilishi, a wasu lokuta ma ana kiran wolverine a matsayin "skunk bear" saboda ƙamshinsa da kamanninsa.
